Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device, including: a first substrate including a first electrode, and a first insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the first electrode and covering a periphery of the first electrode, the first electrode and the first insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face; and a second substrate bonded to and provided on the first substrate and including a second electrode joined to the first electrode, and a second insulating film configured from a diffusion preventing material for the second electrode and covering a periphery of the second electrode, the second electrode and the second insulating film cooperating with each other to configure a bonding face to the first substrate.

A dielectric layer and a method of forming thereof. An opening defined in a dielectric layer and a wire deposited within the opening, wherein the wire includes a core material surrounded by a jacket material, wherein the jacket material exhibits a first resistivity ρ1 and the core material exhibits a second resistivity ρ2 and ρ2 is less than ρ1.

A semiconductor device includes a source/drain region, a source/drain silicide layer formed on the source/drain region, and a first contact disposed over the source/drain silicide layer. The first contact includes a first metal layer, an upper surface of the first metal layer is at least covered by a silicide layer, and the silicide layer includes a same metal element as the first metal layer.

Provided is a semiconductor device including electronic components electrically joined to each other via a metal nanoparticle sintered layer, wherein the metal nanoparticle sintered layer has formed therein a metal diffusion region in which a metal constituting a metallization layer formed on a surface of one of the electronic components is diffused, and in which the metal is present in an amount of 10 mass % or more and less than 100 mass % according to TEM-EDS analysis, and wherein the metal diffusion region has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the metallization layer.

An semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer, an etch stop layer, an interconnect structure, and a second dielectric layer. The etch stop layer is over the first dielectric layer. The interconnect structure includes a conductive via in the first dielectric layer and the etch stop layer, a conductive line over the conductive via, an intermediate conductive layer over the conductive line, and a conductive pillar over the intermediate conductive layer. The interconnect structure is electrically conductive at least from a top of the conductive pillar to a bottom of the conductive via. The second dielectric layer surrounds the conductive line, the intermediate conductive layer, and the conductive pillar, wherein a bottom of the second dielectric layer is lower than a top of the conductive line, and a top of the second dielectric layer is higher than the top of the conductive line.

A semiconductor device with a connection pad in a substrate, the connection pad having an exposed surface made of a metallic material that diffuses less readily into a dielectric layer than does a metal of a wiring layer connected thereto.

A manufacturing method of a package structure of an electronic device, including the following steps, is provided. A first seed layer is formed on a carrier plate. A first metal layer is formed on the first seed layer. A first insulating layer is formed on the first metal layer, wherein the first insulating layer exposes a portion of the first metal layer. A first plasma treatment is performed on the first insulating layer and the exposed portion of the first metal layer. After performing the first plasma treatment, the carrier plate formed with the first seed layer, the first metal layer, and the first insulating layer is placed in a microenvironment controlling box. After taking the carrier plate out of the microenvironment controlling box, a second seed layer is formed on the first insulating layer and the exposed portion of the first metal layer.

Embodiments of this application provide a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The method for forming the semiconductor structure includes: a first substrate is provided; the back surface of the first substrate is etched to form a trench; a conductive layer is formed in the trench; a first conductive column that extends into the trench is formed at a back surface of the first substrate; a device layer is formed at a front surface of the first substrate, and the device layer includes a storage array and a contact structure; and a second conductive column that penetrates through the device layer and extends into the first substrate is formed; the first conductive column is electrically connected with the second conductive column through the conductive layer.

A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first interlayer insulating layer on the substrate; a first wiring pattern in a first trench of the first interlayer insulating layer; a second interlayer insulating layer on the first interlayer insulating layer; a second wiring pattern in a second trench of the second interlayer insulating layer; a third interlayer insulating layer on the second interlayer insulating layer; a third wiring pattern in a third trench of the third interlayer insulating layer, and including a wiring barrier layer and a wiring filling layer, wherein the wiring filling layer contacts the third interlayer insulating layer; a via trench extending from the first wiring pattern to the third trench; and a via including a via barrier layer and a via filling layer. The via barrier layer is in the via trench. The via filling layer contacts the first wiring pattern and the wiring filling layer.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region, a first insulating layer on the substrate, a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, an etch stop layer between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, a via contact in the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the active region, an interconnection electrode in the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the via contact, a conductive barrier layer on a side surface and a lower surface of the interconnection electrode and having an extension portion extending to a partial region of a side surface of the via contact, and a side insulating layer on a side region of the via contact below the extension portion of the conductive barrier layer, the side insulating layer including the same material as a material of the etch stop layer.